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   fork

   /fɔːk/

   noun

   • 1. an implement with two or more prongs used for lifting food to the mouth or holding it when cutting.
   • ▪ a farm or garden tool with three or four prongs, used for digging or lifting.
   • ▪ denoting a light meal or buffet that may be eaten solely with a fork, while standing: "a hot fork buffet"
   • 2. the point where something, especially a road or river, divides into two parts: "turn right at the next fork"
   • ▪ either of two forked parts: "the left fork goes on to the village"
   • 3. each of a pair of supports in which a bicycle or motorcycle wheel revolves.
   • 4. a flash of forked lightning.
   • 5. a simultaneous attack on two or more pieces by one.

   verb

   • 1. (especially of a route) divide into two parts: "the place where the road forks"
   • ▪ take or constitute one route or the other at the point where a route divides: "we forked north-west for Rannoch"
   • ▪ split (a process) into two or more independent processes: "the attack can only work against a server that forks separate processes to handle client requests"
   • 2. dig or move (something) with a fork: "fork in some compost"
   • 3. attack (two pieces) simultaneously with one: "he has forked my bishop and knight"

   Word Origin Old Englishforca, force (denoting a farm implement), based on Latin furca ‘pitchfork, forked stick’; reinforced in Middle English by Anglo-Norman French furke (also from Latin furca).

   Derivatives

   • 1. forkful noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   FORK definition: 1. a small object with three or four points and a handle, that you use to pick up food and eat…. Learn more.

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   A fork is a utensil with two or more prongs, used for eating or serving food, or a tool with two or more prongs, used for lifting, digging, etc. A fork can also refer to a bifurcation or separation into two or more branches or parts, or a point or part at which such a bifurcation occurs.

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   An eating utensil with several points or prongs is called a fork. If you aren't skilled at using chopsticks, you can ask the waiter at the Chinese restaurant to bring you a fork.

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   What does Fork mean?

   • The meaning of FORK is an implement with two or more prongs used especially for taking up (as in eating), pitching, or digging. How to use fork in a sentence.

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   What is a fork used for?

   • A fork is an implement that you use when you are eating food. It consists of three or four long thin points on the end of a handle. ...knives and forks. 11 meanings: 1. a small usually metal implement consisting of two, three, or four long thin prongs on the end of a handle, used....

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   How do you use a fork in a sentence?

   • She lifted the fork to her mouth. Prick the pastry with a fork. Turn right when you reach a fork in the road. If a road or river forks, it divides into two parts. (Definition of fork from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 食物, 餐叉, 花園… 食物, 餐叉, 花园… tenedor, bifurcarse, tenedor [masculine]…

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   What is a fork in a road?

   • [VERB noun preposition] A fork in a road, path, or river is a point at which it divides into two parts and forms a ' Y ' shape. The road divides; you should take the right fork. ...the fork of the Delaware and Lehigh rivers. If a road, path, or river forks, it forms a fork. Beyond the village the road forked.

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   How do you use a fork?

   • A fork is a tool used for eating food which has a row of three or four long metal points at the end. ...knives and forks. If you fork food into your mouth or onto a plate, you put it there using a fork. Ann forked some fish into her mouth. [V n + into/onto] He forked an egg onto a piece of bread and folded it into a sandwich. [V n + into/onto]

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   What does Fork mean in chess?

   • 1. To raise, carry, pitch, or pierce with a fork. 2. To give the shape of a fork to (one's fingers, for example). 3. Games To launch an attack on (two chess pieces). 4. Informal To pay. Used with over, out, or up: forked over $80 for front-row seats; forked up the money owed. 1. To divide into two or more branches: The river forks here. 2. a.

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